WPTZ is teaming up with the Red Cross to honor heros throughout our community. Lisa Haynes is being honored for her work with animals after her rescue group, Save Our Strays, helped place more than 3,000 pets in loving homes.

RED CROSS IS HONORING SEVERAL LOCAL HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR ALL LEVELS AND ALL KINDS OF VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. WE GOT A CHANCE TO MEET UP WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HERO WHO'S BEING HONORED FOR HER WORK WITH ANIMALS. 1.04 :05 LISA HAYNES/AMERICA N RED CROSS HERO We've placed dogs, cats, rabits, guinea pigs, iguanas and all sorts of miscellaneous creatures. NEARLY TWO DECADES AND THREE THOUSAND ANIMALS LATER -- LISA HAYNES PASSION FOR HELPING THOSE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES CONTINUES TO GROW. 1.41 LISA They come to us without pocketbooks. They come to us without you know clothes, they have no money and they rely 100% on us for their care, food and making sure that they go into a good home. SHE AND HER HUSBAND ROY STARTED THEIR NON PROFIT ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP -- SAVE OUR STRAYS -- AFTER REALIZING THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR UNWANTED, ABANDONED AND ABUSED ANIMALS. NATS LISA WITH DOGS THE SHELTER IS INSIDE THEIR HOME -- A CONSTANT PART OF THEIR LIVES. NATS BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.. BUT THEIR RESCUE GROUP IS MORE THAN A SHELTER -- IT'S INSIDE THEIR HOME..A CONSTANT PART OF THEIR LIVES. 2.25 :22 LISA I get to experience their personalities, understand their quirks and stuff IT'S MATCH MAKING IN IT'S MOST BASIC FORM. 2.52 LISA my husband is a little bit surprised when I look at a person and I say, "that particular person needs this dog." And he's like really? And I can just tell they need that particular dog or even cat. Sometimes you can just get a feel for who needs who. ROY HAYNES 2.04 :15 do you see a connection with her and the animals that you rescue? Oh yeah. What's that like? It's a supernatural phenomenon. She genuinely feels for them and if we had more space and there wasn't a never ending supply that needed our help, she would end up keeping them all. LISA It's an unconditional love situation. I do that here and I transfer that love to someone else then we get to see how that comes about and it's really full circle.